Nightfall

Candlemass Nightfall Lyrics
1.At The Gallows End

I'm floating over strange land, it's a soulless, sequined,
showbiz
moon. I'm floating over strange land, and then stranger still,
there's no balloon. But I'm getting higher, wafted up by fame's
fickle fire 'til the...
Chalkhills and children, anchor my feet. Chalkhills and
children,
bringing me back to earth eternally and ever Ermine Street.
(Even I
never know where I go when my eyes are closed.) I'm skating over
thin
ice, upon blunted blades of metal soft. I'm skating over thin
ice,
while some nonesuch net holds me aloft. But I'm getting higher,
lifted up on lucks' circus wire 'til the...
Chalkhills and children, anchor my feet. Chalkhills and
children,
bringing me back to earth eternally and ever Ermine Street. Even
I
never know where I go when my eyes are closed. Even I never
spied
that the scenes were posed. Even I never knew this is what I'd
be.
Even eyes never mean that you're sure to see. Still I'm getting
higher, rolling up on three empty tyres, 'til the...
I'm soaring over hushed crowds, the reluctant cannonball it
seems.
I'm soaring over hushed crowds, I'm propelled up here by long
dead
dreams. Still I'm getting higher, Icarus regrets and retires
puzzled?
Chalkhills and children, anchor my feet. Chalkhills and
children,
oddly complete. (Even I never know where I go when my eyes are
all
closed.) Here I go again!


2.Bewitched

Collideascope
Careful, don't look down the wrong end
You will see ships that fall out of the sky
Who put that nail in your eye
You make me want to cry with your...
Collideascope
Everything looks smashed and broken
You will see fishes that drown in the sea
If you don't alter your mind
I'd hate you to go blind why don't you
Wakey Wakey Wakey
Little Sleeper
If you doze much longer
Then life turns to dreaming
Wakey Wakey Wakey
Little Sleeper
If you doze much longer
Then dreams turn to nightmares
Collideascope
Everything looks topsy turvy
You will see one young girl split into two
One half who's false one half true
You better get your glue ready
Wakey Wakey Wakey
Little Sleeper
Collideascope
Careful don't look down the wrong end
All the world's colours will crash into one
Monochrome living's no fun
You're staring down a gun with your
Collideascope


3.Dark Are The Veils Of Death

Great fire burning
You supplied the spark
Fores burning spreading through the ark
Animals are panicking
I'm animal and panicking
Your glance a match on the tinderwood
You never spoke but I understood
Bring water
Eyes bring water
Chorus: Great fire burning through
Great fire burning through my house
Great fire burning through my house and heart
Great fire burning
All because of you
Fires burning spreading through the zoo
Animals are panicking
I'm animal and panicking
No round of drinks can extinguish this
Feeling of love and engulfing bliss
Bring water
Eyes bring water
Chorus
I've been in love before
But it's never been as hot as this
Smoke curling round the door
Memories of old loves crack and blister
Mister fireman bet you couldn't put me out if you tried
Your glance a match on the tinderwood
You never spoke but I understood
Bring water
Eyes bring water
Chorus


4.Samarithan

One day I saw a man
dressed in rags, with a staff in his hand
begging for a penny to survive
How poor a man can be
I gave him hospitality
a room, a bed and lots of food to eat
Still I hear his last few words
'I can never return what you've done
heaven will remember and repay'

Fifty years had gone since I saw him
I was dying and I'd soon be dead
Three angels stood in front of me bed
The first one she said to me, don't be afraid


5.The Well Of Souls

Mountains rise above the sky
Everything is green around me
The wind whispers gently
The grass, the trees and all
Flowers of joy grow again
Nature hold me
The first morning of the new beginning
The day dawns for hope
Our minds are rinsed
This is a new experiment
Maybe nature makes it
And we can live in paradise
Now we have peace, everybody knows what's right
The world is alive again, the playing starts again
Everything seems to be alright
This love between animals and man
Is it momentary?


6.The Well Of Souls

Mountains rise above the sky
Everything is green around me
The wind whispers gently
The grass, the trees and all
Flowers of joy grow again
Nature hold me
The first morning of the new beginning
The day dawns for hope
Our minds are rinsed
This is a new experiment
Maybe nature makes it
And we can live in paradise
Now we have peace, everybody knows what's right
The world is alive again, the playing starts again
Everything seems to be alright
This love between animals and man
Is it momentary?


7.Bewitched

So many religions making me ponder
About heaven & hell or if I'll be born again
Is nature the creator or is there a heavenly father god
Are we born and do we die? That's all
Have you thought about the nearness of death to us all?
World's greatest secret
And you can unveil it
If you want
What's the meaning?
Why am I I?
When it comes to an end we're all small children
I was floating in warm darkness
And that knowledge, as if somebody was holding my birth in his
hands
Do I stand at the gates of hell?
To be born into this world
Truth is so near
But then I'm born
I lose it again
Why am I I?


8.Dark are the veils of death

Death is present the candle has burned out
the scythe is raised he's eager to reap
the extreme unction prepares for the last flight
but God knows where you will rest
Dark are the veils of death

To sail the seas of eternal damnation
to cross the desert of woe and despair
or drink the chalice of divine ambrosia
Your life will be put to the test
Dark are the veils of death

Enter the great adventure
just wait and see
Heaven or hell will call you
now when your spirit is free


Where can your salvation be


9.Mourner's lament

My patience hampers the evil that hallucinates the light
The eye of the ephemera is warning me watch out the life
I see into the spike, this isn't the usual way to die
I've always thought that you're a unique person
But my comprehension ends, when I saw you flying between the air
Do you understand the importance of a dimensionless mirage??
The web of time
Has enmeshed me
On endless arms
I fall asleep
Can you forgive me
Forget all those carnages
Which I realized in your life
My cross is dead and the ephemera's eye is blind
The web has melted - my dream is reality
Do you understand the importance of a dimensionless mirage


10.Samarithan

Heard the neighbour slam his car door
don't he realise this is respectable street
What d'you think he bought that car for
'cos he realise this is respectable street
Now they talk about absorption
in cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters
as they speak of child prevention
And immaculate receptions on their portable
Sony entertainment centres.
Now she speak about diseases
and which proposition pleases best her old man
Avon lady fills the creases
when she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
that never move from their front gardens.
It's in the order of their hedgerows
it's in the way their curtains open and close
it's in the look they give you down their nose
all part of decency's jigsaw I suppose
Sunday church and they look fetching
Saturday night saw him stretching over our fence
bang the wall for me to turn down
I can see them with their stern frown
as they dispense the kind of look that says
they're perfect.


11.The well of souls

Birds beware, expect me up there
me and air are feeling light today
jets should hide, I'll fly alongisde
me and pride are bolted tight today
I've been set off by a pretty little girl
I'm like a rocket from a bottle shot free
I've been just explosive since you lit me
I've been up with the larks
I've been shooting off sparks
and I'm feeling in love
I'm a rocket from a bottle shot free
I've been just explosive since you kissed me
I've been up in the clouds
I've been shrugging off shrouds
and I'm feeling in love
Hate step back, my smile might just crack
can't stop grins from going wide today
hell look sharp, angels play your harp
I feel strong like the tide today